Friday March 29th, 2024 7:44AM

UPDATE: Storms bring rain, damage to Deep South; storms expected in N. Ga. tonight

By The Associated Press

The National Weather Service is reporting damage from a possible tornado in central Mississippi as storms sweep across the Deep South.  The system is expected to move into north Georgia tonight.

The Storm Prediction Center says a possible twister destroyed a barn near Wesson on Thursday morning. Several tornado warnings were issued as storms moved across the region, but it's unclear whether the area where the damage occurred was under a warning at the time.

Trees were blown down in other parts of Copiah County, and the weather service says fallen trees blocked roads in Franklin and Simpson counties.

To the west, forecasters issued flash flood watches and warning for southern Louisiana. The weather service says more than 3 inches of rain fell early Thursday at Baton Rouge, and an additional 5 inches was possible in some areas.

Meanwhile, the NWS says several rounds of rain are expected from Thursday evening through this weekend in north Georgia.

"Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible with heavy rain, damaging winds, and chances of weak isolated tornadoes all possible," according to a posting on the Peachtree City office's Facebook page, "with the highest chances of severity later this weekend."

(AccessWDUN's Ken Stanford contributed to this story.)

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